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BYD Seal Performance
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2024 BYD Seal Performance review: Does the high-performance sedan have what it takes to tackle the Tesla Model 3?

July 14, 2024July 14, 2024
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Toby Hagon 24669 Views BYD, BYD Seal, Seal

The BYD Seal is the EV newcomer’s weapon for tackling the success of the Tesla Model 3. The mid-sized four-door

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The McLaren Artura Spider
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2024 McLaren Artura Spider review: Electrification boosts excitement in this Ferrari-baiting plug-in powerhouse

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June 30, 2024June 29, 2024
Andrew Chesterton 4258 Views McLaren Artura Spider

Electrification has arrived in the world of supercars, where the world’s most mad-hatter manufacturers are now using electric motors not

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Ford E-Tourneo Titanium X
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2024 Ford E-Tourneo review: Can this all-electric people mover tempt families out of the Kia Carnival and Volkswagen Multivan?

June 29, 2024June 29, 2024 Toby Hagon 6062 Views E-Tourneo, ford, Ford E-Tourneo

Ford’s upcoming new Tourneo plans to carve itself a slice of the Aussie people mover market. But it’s the all-electric

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2024 BMW i4 eDrive35.
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2024 BMW i4 eDrive35 review: This decontented FBT beater is selling strongly, but is it worth $30,000 more than a Tesla Model 3?

June 23, 2024June 23, 2024 Bruce Newton 11430 Views 3, bmw, eDrive35, i4, Model, Tesla

The rise of the electric vehicle has not been helpful to the German luxury brands. High pricing combined with EV

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2024 Audi RS e-tron GT
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Seven-day test: 2024 Audi RS e-tron GT, now with $100,000 price cut?

June 22, 2024June 21, 2024 Iain Curry 13558 Views audi e-tron, audi rs e-tron gt, road test, RS e-Tron GT

Times are tough in premium EV world, and you need only scour the classifieds to prove it. This year we’ve

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2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid.
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2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid review: Meet the cheapest electrified car now on-sale in Australia

June 16, 2024April 21, 2025 Bruce Newton 7251 Views hybrid, mild hybrid, suzuki, Swift

There is a worthy argument EV Central shouldn’t even be reviewing the 2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid. For a start it’s

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2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance
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2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance review: Flat out in the fastest Tesla ever unleashed on Australian roads

June 8, 2024June 14, 2024 Toby Hagon 16438 Views model 3 performance, Tesla, Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model 3 Performance

The new 2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance is the fastest Tesla ever unleashed in Australia. While it uses the same

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2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance.
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2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance review: Global launch first drive of a sickeningly good electric sports sedan

April 24, 2024April 25, 2024 Stephen Corby 12886 Views electric car, electric vehicle, ev, first drive, Ludicrous, Tesla, Tesla Model 3 Performance

I’ve long wondered why Tesla goes to the trouble of making its cars so damn fast, and powerful, when in

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Abarth 500e
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2024 Abarth 500e review: This might be Australia’s stupidest electric car — and I bloody love it

April 7, 2024April 12, 2024 Andrew Chesterton 5948 Views Abarth 500e

Ok, fair warning: if you’re someone who approaches a new-car purchase with oodles of common sense, rationality and a keen

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2023 Porsche Taycan RWD
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We buy a used Porsche Taycan! Bargain price, 1000km road trip and charging dramas

March 30, 2024April 1, 2024 Iain Curry 9623 Views Porsche Taycan, taycan review, taycan rwd, taycan rwd review

“That’s proper arse-hole parking,” says the Tesla Model 3 owner as he stares – bewildered – at our Porsche Taycan

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Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025
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Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024

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The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023
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The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023

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FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle
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FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle

January 10, 2021 EV Central team Comments Off on FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle

Hydrogen electric vehicles, often called hydrogen fuel cells vehicles (FCEV), drive the same as regular EVs. They can have one

PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
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PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

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Hybrid vehicle
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EV videos

Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan
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Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

April 13, 2024 Iain Curry Comments Off on Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

With acceleration to rip the skin from your cheekbones, Ford’s SuperVan 4.2 is an electric Transit with performance from another

VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review
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VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

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